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Enrich Your Vocabulary
"R" | Rabid | mad, furious | | Raconteur | story teller | | Raiment | clothing | | Rampant | unbridled, raging | | Ramshackle | dilapidated, falling to pieces | | Rancor (British = rancor) | resentment, dislike | | Rankle | cause bitterness, resentment | | Rant | rage, scold | | Rapacious | grasping, avaricious, greedy | | Rapprochement | reconciliation | | Ratiocination | reasoning | | Raucous | Harsh sounding | | Ravenous | extremely hungry | | Raze | destroy | | Reactionary | related to, or favoring reaction | | Realm | kingdom, domain | | Recalcitrant | resisting authority or control | | Recant | retract a statement | | Recidivism | habitual criminal activity | | Reciprocate | to give and take mutually | | Recondite | known to only a few | | Reconnaissance | surveillance | | Recreant | coward, betrayer of faith | | Recrimination | countercharge, retaliation | | Rectitude | moral uprightness | | Recumbent | reclining | | Redolent | fragrant | | Redoubtable | formidable, steadfast | | Redundant | repetitious | | Reek | smell | | Refectory | dining hall | | Refraction | bending, deflection | | Refractory | obstinate | | Regal | royal | | Regale | entertain | | Regimen | government rule, systematic plan | | Rehabilitate | to restore to a former status | | Relegate | assign to an inferior position | | Remediable | capable of being corrected | | Reminiscence | remembrance of past events | | Remiss | Negligent | | Remnant | residue, fragment | | Remonstrate | to protest or object | | Remorse | guilt | | Rend | to tear apart | | Render | deliver, provide | | Rendezvous | a meeting | | Rendition | version, interpretation | | Renegade | rebel, dissident | | Renege | break a promise | | Reparation | amends, atonement | | Repartee | witty conversation | | Repellent | causing aversion | | Repercussion | consequence | | Repine | fret | | Replete | complete | | Reprehensible | blameworthy, unacceptable | | Reprieve | temporary suspension | | Reprimand | rebuke | | Reprisal | retaliation | | Reproach | blame | | Reprobate | morally unprincipled person | | Reprove | to criticize or correct | | Repudiate | to reject as having no authority | | Requiem | rest, a mass for the dead | | Requite | to return in kind | | Rescind | revoke, cancel | | Resilient | the quality of springing back | | Respite | interval or relief | | Resplendent | shining, splendid | | Restitution | act of compensating for loss or damage | | Restive | nervous, uneasy | | Retaliate | revenge | | Retinue | group of attendants | | Retort | quick replay | | Retrench | reorganize, to regroup | | Retribution | reprisal | | Retrieve | reclaim | | Retroactive | applying to an earlier time | | Retrograde | regress | | Revelry | merrymaking | | Revere | honor | | Reverent | respectful | | Reverie | daydream | | Revile | to criticize with harsh language | | Revulsion | aversion | | Ribald | coarse, vulgar | | Rife | widespread, abundant | | Rigor | harshness | | Rime | white frost | | Risible | laughable | | Risqué | off-color, racy | | Rococo | ornate, highly decorated | | Roil | to disturb or cause disorder | | Roseate | rosy, optimistic | | Roster | list of people | | Rostrum | stage for public speaking | | Rout | vanquish | | Rubicund | ruddy, having healthy reddish color | | Ruffian | brutal person, bully | | Ruminate | reflect upon | | Rummage | hunt |
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